LRT: This applies to lots of skills. Contrary to the popular idiom, practice does not actually make perfect, but it can make you decent enough that you can get something acceptable without too much effort.
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Gosh. Fair enough! I withdraw the objection.
I read an interview with a professional public speaker where he made an interesting comment: that he'd done 500 talks before he was decent, and 1000 before he thought he was good & turned pro. 2-3 per week, most weeks, for 10 years, was his suggestion(!)
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I think that's way too high a standard to apply to normal public speaking. If your goal is to do public speaking at a super professional level, sure, but most people can get into the top 1% of public speakers with some careful thought and low double digit hours of practice.
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